Name: Drawn from several historic ships including Henry Hudson's exploring Hudson Bay in the 1600s and James Cook's exploring South Pacific in the 1770s, discovering Hawaiian Islands.
Figures: Third shuttle commissioned, following Columbia and...

Former Del. Phil Hamilton was led into a federal courtroom in handcuffs this afternoon after surrendering to the FBI in Newport News earlier in the day to face charges of bribery and extortion.
Hamilton entered no plea at his initial appearance, but...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Floridaâs legal challenge to the new health-care law was bolstered on Monday when a federal judge in Virginia ruled that the government cannot require everyone to get insurance. The ruling will

The conservative counterattack on President Obama's overhaul of health insurance will take center stage in the courts this week when Republican state attorneys general and a leading small-business group urge a federal judge in Florida to strike down the law before it can take effect.
They contend Congress does not have the power under the Constitution to require all Americans to have health insurance. They also say states cannot be pressured to spend more to cover low-income families.
"Our members are...

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Fur, Fortune, and Empire
The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Eric Jay Dolin
W.W. Norton, 444 pp., $29.95
In "Company of Adventurers," the first of a three-part history of the Hudson's Bay Co., Peter C. Newman wrote: "Seldom has an animal exercised such a profound influence on the history of a country. Men defied oceans and hacked their way across North America; armies and navies clashed under the polar moon; an Indian civilization was debauched — all in quest of the pug-nosed rodent...

JUNE
Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl
Daniel Pinkwater
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pinkwater brings a magical realist perspective to YA fiction in the third volume of the series that begins with "The Yggyssey" and "The Neddiad."
The Clock Without a Face
Gus Twintig
McSweeney's
This fable for kids includes riddles and a real-life treasure hunt: Nine of the 12 emerald-encrusted clock numbers buried across the U.S. remain to be found.
Colossus
Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
Michael...

Suspended NFL star and Newport News native Michael Vick is set to travel home to Hampton today to begin the next stage in his rehabilitation.
Vick was due to be released from a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., about 9:30-10 p.m. Tuesday, sources said.
Upon his release, Vick will travel to his home in Hampton, about a 19-hour trip if he chooses to drive, making it likely that he will arrive at his house on Haywagon Trail on Thursday.
Even though Vick is leaving prison, he will not be a free...